Authorities: Store clerk was selling stolen goods

LOGAN – Authorities say a worker at a Gloucester County business was selling high-end merchandise in a scheme that cost her employer about $2.6 million.

Kim Watson, 32, of Clementon was charged with theft, police said. She worked as an inventory clerk at the Sears distribution center in Logan.

Authorities said Watson was arrested Friday after a lengthy investigation that is still ongoing. She apparently was taking cash payments and barter services in exchange for high-end merchandise from the center, police said.

Authorities said the operation served a network of people around the region. The merchandise involved totaled roughly $3.7 million in retail value, leaving Sears with about a $2.6 million net loss.